A Year in Review: PSA Movers and Shakers 2023

As the year comes to an end we look at the look at the highest climbers and level increases from the PSA Power Ratings on SquashLevels, identifying those to watch in 2024.

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SquashLevels is a results-based Rating system. As players compete in their leagues and tournaments, their results automatically flow into SquashLevels from their results providers. From here, SquashLevels’ will calculate a player’s level.

What are Levels?

SquashLevels generates a player’s current playing level using a bespoke algorithm based on their results and the levels of their opponents.

It focuses on how well they are playing rather than how many rounds they have progressed through. The ratings are updated match-by-match and they give great insight into how ‘in-form’ the players are right now.

Highest Climbers and Level Increases: Men

The following tables show the highest climbers and level increases across the top players from January 2023 to December 2023, within the SquashLevels Men’s PSA Power Ratings

Player Name	Level in Jan	Level in Dec	Percentage Increase	Rating in Jan	Rating in Dec
Karim Abdel Gawad	48,274	74,060	53.42%	17	5
Raphael Kandra	38,313	52,991	38.31%	41	17
Leandro Romiglio	31,941	41,609	30.27%	69	35
Aly Hussein	27,675	36,024	30.17%	96	55
Charlie Lee	37,221	47,205	26.82%	47	24
David Baillargeon	30,304	38,097	25.72%	81	49
Paul Coll	67,944	83,390	22.73%	5	3
Juan Camilo Vargas	30,604	37,396	22.19%	78	51
Joel Makin	58,655	71,600	22.07%	8	6
Greg Lobban	38,484	46,455	20.71%	39	25

Karim Abdel Gawad

New Movers into the Top 100

Player Name	Level in Jan	Level in Dec	Percentage Increase	Rating in Jan	Rating in Dec
Jonah Bryant	24,698	38,442	55.65%	118	46
Mohamad Zakaria	14,431	34,912	141.92%	342	61
Velavan Senthilkumar	25,068	34,067	35.90%	113	65
Bernat Jaume	26,580	30,507	14.77%	103	77
Yassin Elshafei	22,294	30,079	34.92%	148	83
Ibrahim Elkabbani	24,662	29,650	20.23%	121	86
Toufik Mekhalfi	23,167	29,599	27.76%	137	89
Veer Chotrani	19,922	29,366	47.40%	181	92
Matias Knudsen	18,385	28,248	53.65%	215	96
Viktor Byrtus	23,870	28,103	17.73%	129	97
Perry Malik	24,934	27,612	10.74%	115	100

Jonah Bryant

Highest Climbers and Level Increases: Women

The following tables show the highest climbers and level increases across the top players from January 2023 to December 2023, within the SquashLevels Women’s PSA Power Ratings

Player Name	Level in Jan	Level in Dec	Percentage Increase	Rating in Jan	Rating in Dec
Amina Orfi	8,633	12,673	46.80%	44	14
Sarah-Jane Perry	10,246	13,891	35.57%	18	18
Salma Hany	9,798	13,247	35.20%	22	13
Amanda Sobhy	14,035	18,031	28.47%	6	3
Salma El Tayeb	7,065	9,027	27.77%	79	38
Aira Azman	7,318	9,267	26.63%	71	34
Sivasangari Subramaniam	10,688	13,296	24.40%	15	12
Lowri Roberts	6,371	7,913	24.20%	99	60
Tinne Gilis	11,365	14,079	23.88%	13	8
Rachel Chadwick	6,404	7,928	23.80%	98	57

Amina Orfi

New Movers into the Top 100

Player Name	Level in Jan	Level in Dec	Percentage Increase	Rating in Jan	Rating in Dec
Savannah Ingledew	5,941	8,192	37.89%	113	54
Nour Megahed	3,989	7,800	95.54%	232	64
Amina El Rihany	4,466	7,587	69.88%	198	68
Haya Ali	5,670	7,548	33.12%	129	70
Menna Walid	4,892	7,037	43.85%	172	81
Alex Haydon	5,480	7,018	28.07%	141	83
Ambre Allinckx	5,826	7,016	20.43%	119	84
Breanne Flynn	5,014	6,848	36.58%	166	88
Amelie Haworth	6,179	6,813	10.26%	108	89
Xin Ying Yee	5,820	6,794	16.74%	120	90
Cheng Nga Ching	5,510	6,783	23.10%	137	91
Karina Tyma	6,053	6,779	11.99%	111	93
Diana Garcia	5,739	6,608	15.14%	124	98
Alina Bushma	6,034	6,601	9.40%	112	99

Mohamad Zakaria and Nour Megahed

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